About the AuthorsEarth science disciplines, and real-time Shuttle operations. She advanced to Project
Manager, Earth Observations, in 2001. In 2004, Willis developed and coordinated
all Earth science training plans and materials for Space Shuttle and Space Station
astronauts. Her duties included the management of all aspects of Earth science train-
ing and Earth science operations for the Space Shuttle and the ISS. Today, Willis is
the Section Manager over Astromaterials Research and Curation, which includes
the CEO group. Along with her administrative tasks, she is the task lead for CEO.
Willis is also adjunct faculty at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, where she
teaches fundamentals of Earth science. She can be reached at [email protected],
telephone 281-244-1215.